Guru Ravidas Jayanti News

All government schools in Delhi will remain closed on February 12. However, there is no official confirmation yet on whether private schools and other educational institutions will also be shut. 

Yogi Adityanath ate prasad at langar at Seer Govardhan. The UP CM visited Seer Govardhan in Varanasi on Guru Ravidas' birth anniversary.

PM Modi performed bhajan kirtan with the women present in the Sant Ravidas temple complex. see full report

Delhi govt declared February 16 as a holiday in view of Sant Guru Ravidas Jayanti The Kejriwal govt also decided to close the schools in the national capital on Wednesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the Saint Ravidas on his anniversary The Vice President also posted a tweet in honour of the saint

The Jayanti is specially celebrated in North India including Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Also known as Raidas, Rohidas and Ruhidas - his devotional songs and verses created a lasting impact upon the Bhakti Movement. Around 40 of the poems accredited to Ravidas were included in the Adi Granth, the sacred scripture of Sikhism.

Home Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh on Friday took a dig at Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017.

The much-awaited road show on Friday by UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Varanasi has been cancelled due to the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on Friday, said that the ideals and thoughts of the Indian mystic poet-sant have a profound impact on society.